Example Sentences

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For manager Brian Epstein, the very notion of the Beatles performing in any venue with slews of empty seats was a non-starter.

From Salon • Aug. 15, 2025

Webb is a big telescope, so it slews slower than the minute hand on a clock.

From Scientific American • Jul. 11, 2022

It’s a job in which you meet a slew of people and play in front of slews more.

From Washington Post • May 7, 2022

It can also jump more whole heartedly into plans, say by hiring slews of new workers to transform it, without having to explain the jump in expenses to shareholders in its next quarterly report.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2022

Growned folks have whole slews of ways of crushing your spirits if you’re young.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis